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Opinion | You Got An iPhone, Now Think Of 'Envy Imperialism'

Nishtha Gautam | Sunday October 06, 2024

Apple's iPhone's rapid global penetration of the global mobile sector is incumbent mainly not so much on the end users marvelling at its technological leaps but on their ability to flaunt it as a possession.

Opinion | Haryana Polls: BJP Aims For Record, Congress Seeks Comeback

Amitabh Tiwari | Friday October 04, 2024

A thrilling election is unfolding in Haryana, with significant implications for national politics. The results will indicate whether the BJP's trajectory is declining or if the Congress's Lok Sabha performance was an aberration.

Opinion | Who - And What - Will Fill The Vacuum In Iran's Resistance Axis?

Kabir Taneja | Friday October 04, 2024

History is littered with examples of how non-state militant actors, driven by ideology, are easily able to bulldoze their way to power before regional or international consensus-led political alternatives even start materialising.

Opinion | Israel Should Stop Fantasising About A 'Regime Change' In Iran

Harsh V. Pant | Friday October 04, 2024

The Iranian regime is not going anywhere in a hurry, nor is its worldview going to change. The only change that might come would be in the shape of its capabilities.

Opinion | Israel And Iran Are Now Stuck In Their Own Zero-Sum Game

Sanjal Shastri | Thursday October 03, 2024

The heart of the matter is that Iran - along with its proxies and Israel - has taken a maximalist position on the negotiating table. This makes it far more difficult to arrive at a negotiated settlement.

Opinion | Why Is UK PM Starmer So Upset With Elon Musk?

Syed Zubair Ahmed | Thursday October 03, 2024

The relationship between Musk and Starmer has been frosty at best since the Labour Party came to power in July. Starmer, many believe, is upset with the American billionaire for his unsavoury remarks on how the Labour government handled the riots.

Blog | Not Today: Grief On The <i>Other</i> End Of India's Suicide Crisis Lines

Blog | Not Today: Grief On The Other End Of India's Suicide Crisis Lines

Harshita Mishra | Wednesday October 02, 2024

A lot has been and is still being written about India's suicide epidemic. But we haven't even begun to scratch the surface of what those at the forefront of this fight contend with: guilt, powerlessness, frustration, emotional fatigue, burnout.

Opinion | How India's 'Other' Ram Setu, Pamban Bridge, Might Never Have Existed

Arup K. Chatterjee | Wednesday October 02, 2024

Given the kind of speeches that these colonial dignitaries delivered and the sort of media coverage that the event garnered in India, Britain, and America, the British imperial administration seemed to pride itself on having virtually authored a new

Opinion | Refugee Voters To ST Seats, The Many Firsts In 2024 J&K Polls

Sanjay Singh | Wednesday October 02, 2024

The results of the J&K election will be known on October 8, but one cannot rule out a realignment of political parties and groups in the aftermath of the results.

Book Excerpt | 'Boastful': How Terrorist Masood Azhar Spent His Time In Jail In India

Abhinav Pandya | Tuesday October 01, 2024

Mohananey also said that Masood was aware and boastful about his importance. He apparently claimed that when he landed at Heathrow Airport in London, a massive crowd of followers came to see him, resulting in a two-hour traffic jam.

Opinion | Udhayanidhi To Akhilesh, How India's Political 'Sons' Have Fared

K.V. Prasad | Tuesday October 01, 2024

The transfer of power through generations is never easy. Mulayam Singh Yadav realised that, too, when the rise of his son Akhilesh Yadav as chief minister sparked a bitter feud in the Yadav clan. Embers of that rebellion continue to burn to this day.

Opinion | J&K Battle Royale: How Over 400 Players Are Vying For 40 Seats In Phase 3

Amitabh Tiwari | Tuesday October 01, 2024

The third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections is crucial for the leading political parties, with constituencies of many prominent candidates at stake. A fierce contest is on the cards.

Opinion: Son-Rise Central - Reality Of India's Democracy

Bharti Mishra Nath | Monday September 30, 2024

Political parties in India can rant and rave about nepotism and dynastic politics all they can but they hardly practice what they preach.

Opinion | Quad Has A Substantial Agenda For The Future

Kanwal Sibal | Monday September 30, 2024

India emphasises the broader purpose of Quad beyond the China threat. That threat is certainly a binding factor within the group, even if the rhetoric is that the Quad is not directed at any country.

Opinion | New Delhi's Air Quality Can Choke Its Geopolitical Influence

Nishtha Gautam | Monday September 30, 2024

Already, India is being decried as one of the world's most significant polluters. Our prickliness and denunciation of such proclamations cannot mitigate their reputational damage.

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